List of Hippolais & Iduna with references - Dutch Birding

IntroductionI have endeavoured to keep typos, errors, omissions etc in this list to a minimum, however whenyou find more I would be grateful if you could mail the details during 2013 to: josephobbs@gmail.com.Grateful thanks to Ross Ahmed and Martin Garner (http://birdingfrontiers.com) for the cover images.All images © the photographers.Joe HobbsIndexThe general order of species follows the International Ornithologists' Union World Bird List (Gill, F. &Donsker, D. (eds.) 2012. IOC World Bird List. Available from: http://www.worldbirdnames.org/[version 3.2 accessed October 2012]).VersionVersion 1.7 (January 2013).CoverMain image: Booted Warbler. Sarykopa, Aqtobe, Kazakhstan. 17 July 2010. Picture by Ross Ahmed.Vignette: Sykes’s Warbler. Tresta Yard, Fetlar, Shetland. 6 October 2010. Picture by Martin Garner.SpeciesPage No.Booted Warbler [Iduna caligata] 4Dark-capped Yellow Warbler [Iduna natalensis] 4Eastern Olivaceous Warbler [Iduna pallida] 7Icterine Warbler [Hippolais icterina] 12Melodious Warbler [Hippolais polyglotta] 11Mountain Yellow Warbler [Iduna similis] 4Olive-tree Warbler [Hippolais olivetorum] 10Sykes’s Warbler [Iduna rama] 6Thick-billed Warbler [Iduna aedon] 3Upcher’s Warbler [Hippolais languida] 10Western Olivaceous Warbler [Iduna opaca] 91

Relevant PublicationsAli, S. & Dillon, R.S. 1973 & 1997. Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan, Volume 8 - Warblersto Redstarts. Oxford University Press.Baker, K. 1997. Warblers of Europe, Asia and North Africa. Christopher Helm, London.Cramp, S. & Brooks, D.J. (eds.) 1992. Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East and NorthAfrica, The Birds of the Western Palearctic, Volume 6 - Warblers. Oxford University Press.del Hoyo, J. et al (eds.) 2006. Handbook of the Birds of the World Volume 11, Old World Flycatchersto Old World Warblers. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.Jenni, L. & Winkler, R. 1994. Moult and Ageing of European Passerines. Academic Press.Kennerley, P. & Pearson, D. 2010. Reed and Bush Warblers. Christopher Helm, A & C Black.Moore, A. & Wright, B. 1983. A Field Guide to the Warblers of Britain and Europe. Oxford UniversityPress.Parkin, D.T. & Knox, A.G. 2010. The Status of Birds in Britain & Ireland. Christopher Helm.Parmenter, T. & Byers, C. 1991. A Guide to the Warblers of the Western Palearctic. Bruce ColemanBooks, Uxbridge.Sample, G. 2003. Collins Field Guide: Warbler Songs and Calls of Britain and Europe (three CDs).Harper Collins.Shirihai, H. et al 1996. The Macmillan Birder’s Guide to European and Middle Eastern Birds.Macmillan Press, London and Basingstoke.Simms, E. 1985. British Warblers. Collins, London.Snow, D.W. & Perrins, C.M. (eds.) 1998. The Birds of the Western Palearctic Concise EditionVolume 2, Passerines. Oxford University Press.Svensson, L. 1992. Identification Guide to European Passerines (4th edition). Privately Published,Stockholm.Urban, E.K. et al 1997. The Birds of Africa: Volume V - Thrushes to Puffback Flycatchers. AcademicPress, London.van Duivendijk, N. 2010 & 2011. Advanced Bird ID Guide, The Western Palearctic. New Holland.Vinicombe, K. et al. 1989. The Macmillan Field Guide to Bird Identification. Macmillan Press, Londonand Basingstoke.Williamson, K. 1968. Identification for Ringers 1: The Genera Cettia, Locustella, Acrocephalus andHippolais, 3rd ed. BTO.General NotesAlström, P. et al 2006. Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. MolecularPhylogenetics and Evolution 38(2): 381-397.Badyaev, A.V. & Leaf, E.S. 1997. Habitat Associations of Song Characteristics in Phylloscopus andHippolais Warblers. The Auk 114(1). 40-46.Baker, K. 1996. Ageing passerines: some practical examples. Birding World 9(7): 280-282.Cody, M.L. 1978. Habitat Selection and Interspecific Territoriality among the Sylviid Warblers ofEngland and Sweden. Ecological Monographs 48(4): 351-396.Collinson, M. 2006. Splitting headaches? Recent taxonomic changes affecting the British andWestern Palearctic lists. British Birds 99(6): 306-323 (313-314).Fraser, M. 2004. ListCheck (Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers). Birdwatch 148: 14.Fraser, M. 2010. ListCheck (Relationships: Warblers). Birdwatch 212: 49.Fregin, S. et al 2009. Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) –The traditional taxonomy overthrown. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52(3): 866-878.Fregin, S. et al 2012. Pitfalls in comparisons of genetic distances: A case study of the avian familyAcrocephalidae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(1): 319-328.Gantlett, S. 1998. Bird forms in Britain. Birding World 11(6): 232-239.Harrap, S. & Lewington, I. 1990. Hinweise zur Unterscheidung der Spötter Hippolais im Freiland[Field identification of Hippolais warblers]. Limicola 4(2): 49-73.Harrap, S. 1990. Identification of Hippolais Warblers. Birding World 3(8): 268-272.Harrop, H. 1994. Masterguide (Welcome to the Hippodrome). Birdwatch 28: 40-44.Helbig, J.A. & Seibold, I. 1999, Molecular phylogeny of Palearctic-African Acrocephalus andHippolais warblers (Aves: Sylvviidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11: 246-260.King, J. 1998. OrnithoNews (Redifining Acrocephalus and Hippolais). Birding World 11(2): 42.Knox, A.G. et al 2002. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds. Ibis 144: 707-710.Leisler, B. et al 2002. Evolution of Breeding Systems in Acrocephaline Warblers. The Auk 119(2):379-390.2

Mitchell, D. 2011. Birds of Britain: subspecies checklist v1.1. [online PDF]. Available from:http://www.birdwatch.co.uk/categories/articleitem.asp?cate=22&topic=155&item=800 [AccessedJuly 2011].Norman, S.C. 1997. Juvenile wing shape, wing moult and weight in the family Sylviidae. Ibis 139(4):617-630.Parkin, D.T. et al 2004. Species limits in Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers from the WesternPalearctic. British Birds 97(6): 276-299.Riddington, R. 2000. Fair Isle. Dutch Birding 22(1): 1-12.Sangster, G. 1997. Trends in systematics, Acrocephalus and Hippolais relationships: shaking thetree. Dutch Birding 19(6): 294-300.Sangster, G. et al 2009. Taxonomic recommendations for British birds: Sixth report. Ibis 152: 180-186.Sangster, G. et al 2011. Taxonomic recommendations for British Birds: seventh report. Ibis 153(4):883-892.Shirihai, H. et al 1996. Identification of Hippolais warblers. British Birds 89(3): 114-138.Susanna, K. et al 2004. Phylogenetic analyses of the diversity of moult strategies in Sylviidae inrelation to migration. Evolutionary Ecology 18(1): 85-105.Svensson, E. & Hedenström, A. 1999. A phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of moult strategies inWestern Palearctic warblers (Aves: Sylviidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 67(2):263-276.van den Berg, A.B. 2012. Dutch Birding-vogelnamen [Dutch Birding bird names] [online PDF].Available from: http://www.dutchbirding.nl/page.php?page_id=228 [Accessed January 2012].Thick-billed WarblerIduna aedon [Pallas 1776, SE Transbaikalia, E Siberia, Russia][I.a. aedon] Tomsk E to Kansk and S to Lake Teletskoy (Altai, SC Siberia) & E Sayan Mts (SCSiberia) and adjacent NW Mongolia. Winters Nepal, E & S India E to Myanmar & Thailand.[I.a. rufescens] E Siberia & NE Mongolia E to Sea of Japan and S to NE China. Winters S China &Indochina.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 and Parkin & Knox 2010 as Acrocephalus aedon.Treated by Kennerley & Pearson 2010 as Phragamaticola aedon.Note: I.a. rufescens is a synonym of I.a. stegmanni.1st WP Record: 6 October 1955. Leogh, Fair Isle, Shetland. K.Williamson, V.Thom, I.J.Ferguson-Lees & H.E.Axell. Trapped (Williamson et al 1956).Adelson, D.I. & Purandare, R. 2004. Sighting of Thick-billed Warbler Phragmaticola aedon nearPanchgani, Maharashtra, India. Indian Birds 1(6): 87-88.Bond, G.M. 1975. The correct spelling of Jerdon’s generic name for the Thick-billed Warbler. Bulletinof the British Ornithologists’ Club 95(2): 50-51.Bull, A. 2003. Britain’s first spring Thick-billed Warbler. Birding Scotland 6(3): back cover.Chattopadhyay, S. 1978. Occurrence of the Thick-billed Warbler Phragmaticola aedon rufescensStegmann at Baj Baj, West Bengal. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 75(2): 491-492.Dickinson, E.C. & Gregory, S.M.S. 2006. Systematic notes on Asian birds. 55. A re-examination ofthe date of publication of Jerdon’s Second Supplement to the Catalogue of the Birds of southernIndia. Zoologische Mededelingen 80: 169-178.Eischer, K. 1995. The Thick-billed Warbler in Finland. Birding World 8(1): 10-11.Grieve, A. 1992. First record of Thick-billed Warbler Acrocephalus aedon in Egypt. Sandgrouse14(2): 123-124.Harvey, P. 2001. The Thick-billed Warbler on Shetland. Birding World 14(9): 372-373.Harvey, P.V. & Shaw, K.D. 2001. Thick-billed Warbler on Out Skerries - the third British record.Birding Scotland 4: 154-158.Jännes, H. 1995. Paksunokka-kerttunen, kerttuseksi helppo tuntea [Thick-billed Warbler, easy tosex]. Alula 1(1): 18-20.Lekagul, B. et al 1985. Birdwatching in Thailand. British Birds 78(1): 2-39 (25-28).Lidster, J. 2003. Monthly Marathon Solution (Thick-billed Warbler). British Birds 96(6): 312-313.Millington, R. 2001. Eastern vagrants: a photo-gallery. Birding World 14(8): 333-342 (338).Moores, N. 2007. Selected records from Socheong Island, South Korea. Forktail 23: 102-124 (114).Sharrock J.T.R. 1983. Mystery photographs (Thick-billed Warbler). British Birds 76(4): 186-187.Shaw, D. 2003. Reports (Fair Isle's in the thick of it). Birdwatch 133: 50.Shaw, D. 2003. The Thick-billed Warbler on Fair Isle. Birding World 16(5): 206-208.3

Shaw, K. 2001. Reports (Shetland birders net the big one. Thick-billed warbler: Shetland, 14September 2001). Birdwatch 113: 48-49.Shirihai, H. et al 1995. Identification and taxonomy of large Acrocephalus warblers. Dutch Birding17(5): 229-239.Simpson, J.H. et al 1973. Thick-billed Warbler in Shetland. Scottish Birds 7: 262-263.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2005. Masters of Mystery Solution (Thick-billed Warbler).Dutch Birding 27(1): 51-52.Watson, G.E. 1985. Replacement name for Acrocephalus aedon rufescens (Stegmann). Bulletin ofthe British Ornithologists’ Club 105: 79.Wei, G. 1984. Breedings habits of Thick-billed Warbler (Phragamaticola aedon rufescens, Stegman).Chinese Journal of Ecology 3(2): 21-25. [in Chinese].Williamson, K. et al 1956. Thick-billed Warbler at Fair Isle: a new British bird. British Birds 49: 89-93.Williamson, K. et al. Thick-billed Warbler on Fair Isle, pp. 79-82. Found in: Sharrock, J.T.R. &Grant, P.J. 1982. Birds new to Britain and Ireland. T. & A.D. Poyser.Dark-capped Yellow WarblerIduna natalensis [A. Smith 1847, near Port Natal (= Durban), South Africa].[I.n. natalensis] S Tanzania & E Zambia S to E Zimbabwe & E South Africa.[I.n. massaica] SE Sudan & Ethiopia S to E DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya & N Tanzania.[I.n. major] Gabon E to S DR Congo and S to Angola and N & W Zambia.[I.n. batesi] SE Nigeria E & S to N DR Congo.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 as Chloropeta natalensis.Other names: African Yellow Warbler, Yellow Flycatcher, Yellow Flycatcher-warbler; Natal YellowWarbler (natalensis).Parkes, K.C. 1987. Taxonomic notes on some African warblers (Aves: Sylviinae). Annals of CarnegieMuseum 56: 231-243.Vernon, C.J. 1962. Variation in the nest of Chloropeta natalensis. Ostrich 33: 52-53.Mountain Yellow WarblerIduna similis [Richmond 1897, Mount Kilimanjaro at 10,000 feet, Tanzania].Imatong Mts & Dongatona Mts (S Sudan), Mt. Morongole (NE Uganda), Rwenzoris Mts S to ItombweForest & Mt. Kabobo (the highlands of E DR Congo, W Rwanda & W Burundi), Mt Kenya, Mt Elgon &Mt. Kenya (Kenya) and Crater Highlands (Tanzania) E to Mt. Kilimanjaro and Ukagurus Mts S toNjombe (N & E Tanzania) and the Nyika plateau (on the Zambia-Malawi border).Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 as Chloropeta similis.Other names: Mountain Warbler, Mountain Yellow Flycatcher, Mountain Yellow Flycatcher-warbler,Highland Flycatcher-warbler.Parkes, K.C. 1987. Taxonomic notes on some African warblers (Aves: Sylviinae). Annals of CarnegieMuseum 56: 231-243.Booted WarblerIduna caligata [M.H.C. Lichtenstein 1823, Ilek, Ural River, near Orenburg, SW Russia].Extreme SE Finland, W & SW Russia E to Kazakhstan (except most of W & S), Dzungaria (extremeNW China), NW Mongolia & SC Siberia. Winters E Indian subcontinent including Bangladesh.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 and Parkin & Knox 2010 as Hippolais caligata.Other name: Eversmann's Warbler.Eduard Aleksandrovich Eversmann (1794-1860), Russian entomologist and Professor of Zoology atKazan.Aalto, T. & Dernjatin, P. 2006. Small Hippolais - warblers revisited - Booted and Sykes's Warblers.Alula 12(1): 2-8.Baha el Din, S. & Riad, A. 1992. Booted Warbler in Egypt in September 1991. Dutch Birding 14(5):176-177.Bradshaw, C. & Steele, J. 1995. Mystery Photographs (probable rama Booted Warbler). British Birds88(11): 561-564.British Ornithologists’ Union 2000. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 26th Report(October 1999). Ibis 142: 177-179.Bushell, C.I. 1984. Notes (Head pattern of Booted Warbler). British Birds 77(8): 366.4

Castell, P. & Kirwan, G.M. 2005. Will the real Sykes's Warbler please stand up? Breeding datasupport specific status for Hippolais rama and H. caligata, with comments on the Arabianpopulation of 'booted warbler'. Sandgrouse 27(1): 30-36.Castell, P. 1999. Clamorous Reed Warbler Acrocephalus stentoreus apparently predating nest ofBooted Warbler Hippolais caligata in the United Arab Emirates. Sandgrouse 21(2): 177.Corso, A. 2000. Letters (Tail movements of Hippolais warblers). Birding World 13(12): 508.de Knijff, P. & van Swelm, N.D. 1998. Letter (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd: an attempt to solvepart of the problem). British Birds 91(5): 190-192.Dernjatin, P. & Westerbjerg Andersen, M. 2006. Central Asian Hippolais warblers. Alula 12(4): 146-153.Dernjatin, P. 2005. Chokpak - Central Asian songbirds. Alula 11(2): 50-58.Dierschke, V. et al 1996. Records of Booted Warbler Hippolias caligata in north-eastern Turkey.Sandgrouse 18(2): 66.Fraser, M. 2005. ListCheck (Specific identity. Sykes's and Booted warbler). Birdwatch 158: 59.Grace, K. & Lancaster, A.A.K. 1990. Booted Warbler on Dursey Island, Co. Cork. Irish Birding News1(2): 61.Harrap, S. 1988. Identification of Olivaceous and Booted Warblers. Birding World 1(9): 312-315.Harrap, S. 1989. Letters (Identification of Booted Warbler). Birding World 2(8): 294.Harvey, P. & Bradshaw, C. 1999. From the Rarities Committee's files: Booted Warblers with longsupercilia: the 1976 Fair Isle bird. British Birds 92(9): 477-479.Hirschfeld, E. 1994. On the status of Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata in the United Arab Emirates.Emirates Bird Report 18: 100-104.Kapanen, M. 1996. Pikkukultarinta - vaatimaton valloittaja [Booted Warbler - a Modest Conquerer].Alula 2(2): 84-88.Kapanen, M. 1997. Photonews. Alula 3(1): 34.Kivivuori, H. 2000. The Booted Warbler (Hippolais caligata) breeding for the first time in Finland.Linnut 35(4): 33-35.Kylänpää, J. 2000. Birds of Dera Ismail Khan District of North West Frontier Province in Pakistan.Forktail 16: 15-28 (25).Lansdown, P. 1986. Mystery photographs (Booted Warbler). British Birds 79(11): 588-589.Leivo, M. & Dernjatin, P. 2000. Kazakhstan - The land of the Pallas's Sandgrouse. Alula 6(2): 53-54.Lidster, J.A. 2009. From the Rarities Committee's files: The Green Farm Booted Warbler. BritishBirds 102(11): 617-621.Lindblom, K. 2008. Booted Warbler and Lanceolated Warbler in Finland. Alula 14(2): 84-90.Lindholm, A. & Aalto, T. 2005. The calls of Sykes's and Booted Warblers. Birding World 18(9): 395-396.Lister, S. 1993. Letters (Booted or Sykes Warbler). Birding World 6(12): 492-493.Martins, R.P. et al 1996. The status of passerines in southern Yemen and records of the OSMEsurvey in spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 54-72 (63).Page, D. 2001. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers). British Birds 94(1): 44.Rooke, S. 2000. Monthly Marathon Solution (Booted Warbler). British Birds 93(5): 253-254.Sehhatisabet, M.E. et al 2006. Further significant extensions of migrant distribution and breeding andwintering ranges in Iran for over sixty species. Sandgrouse 28(2): 146-155.Shitikov, D. et al 2011. Breeding-site fidelity and dispersal in isolated populationsof three migratorypasserines. Ornis Fennica 88: 1-10.Singh, A.P. 2000. Birds of lower Garhwal Himalayas: Dehra Dun valley and neighbouring hills.Forktail 16: 101-123 (104).Small, B. 2002. Letters (Bill shapes of Booted & Sykes's Warblers). Birding World 15(4): 170.Svensson, L. 1997. Notes (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd). British Birds 90(4): 152-158.Svensson, L. 1999. Letters (The Kazakh 'mystery warblers' once again). British Birds 92(9): 481-482.Svensson, L. 2001. Identification of Western and Eastern Olivaceous, Booted and Sykes's Warblers.Birding World 14(5): 192-219.Svensson, L. 2003. Hippolais update: Identification of Booted Warbler and Sykes's Warbler. BirdingWorld 16(11): 470-474.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2004. Masters of Mystery Solution (Booted Warbler).Dutch Birding 26(5): 328-330.van den Berg, A.B. 1989. Kleine Spotvogel te Bloemendaal in september 1988 [Booted Warbler atBloemendaal in September 1988]. Dutch Birding 11(3): 123-126.Vinicombe, K. 1995. Identification (The ones to watch). Birdwatch 42: 24-30 (30).Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern Hippolais). Birding World 13(7): 282.5

Wassink, A. 1983. Kleine Spotvogel op Terschelling in oktober 1982 [Booted Warbler on Terschellingin October 1982]. Dutch Birding 5(1): 1-5.Watabe, Y. 2005. The First Record of Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata in Japan. Journal of theYamashina Institute for Ornithology 37(1): 14-19.Sykes’s WarblerIduna rama [Sykes 1832, Deccan, India].Lower R Volga, Ural R & N Caspian Sea coast E to E Kazakhstan & W & C Xinjiang (extreme WChina) and S to S Iran, Afghanistan and NW & W Pakistan and NW Oman. Winters Indiansubcontinent.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 and Parkin & Knox 2010 as Hippolais rama.Col. William Henry Sykes (1790-1872), Indian army and naturalist, one time director of the East IndiaCompany and an MP for Aberdeen in later life.Ashby, V. & Annenkova, S. 2004. Birding Kazakhstan. Birding World 17(6): 242-253.Bradshaw, C. & Steele, J. 1995. Mystery Photographs (probable rama Booted Warbler). British Birds88(11): 561-564.Breek, C.J. et al 2006. Sykes' Spotvogel bij Almere-Haven in oktober 1986 [Sykes's Warbler nearAlmere-Haven in October 1986]. Dutch Birding 28(4): 219-224.British Ornithologists’ Union 2000. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 26th Report(October 1999). Ibis 142: 177-179.British Ornithologists’ Union 2004. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 30th Report(October 2003). Ibis 146: 192-195.British Ornithologists’ Union 2005. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 31st Report(October 2004). Ibis 147: 246-250.Cade, M. 2000. Bird news (Dorset hosts second-ever Sykes's Warbler). Birdwatch 99: 62.Cade, M. 2000. The Sykes's Warbler in Dorset. Birding World 13(7): 274-276.Castell, P. & Kirwan, G.M. 2005. Will the real Sykes's Warbler please stand up? Breeding datasupport specific status for Hippolais rama and H. caligata, with comments on the Arabianpopulation of 'booted warbler'. Sandgrouse 27(1): 30-36.Cooper, D. et al 2002. The Sykes's Warbler in East Sussex. Birding World 15(9): 378-380.Corso, A. 2000. Letters (Tail movements of Hippolais warblers). Birding World 13(12): 508.Crouzier, P. 2008. Une Hypolaïs rama en 200 sur l'île d'Ouessant [Sykes’s Warbler on Ushant, newfor France]. Ornithos 15(1): 67-69.de Knijff, P. & van Swelm, N.D. 1998. Letter (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd: an attempt to solvepart of the problem). British Birds 91(5): 190-192.Dernjatin, P. & Westerbjerg Andersen, M. 2006. Central Asian Hippolais warblers. Alula 12(4): 146-153.Dernjatin, P. 2005. Chokpak - Central Asian songbirds. Alula 11(2): 50-58.Disley, T. 2003. Reports (Sykes's Warbler: North Ronaldsay, Orkney, 29 September-1 October2003). Birdwatch 137: 51.Fågel, P. 2007. Kuwait - A Birding Destination at the Southeastern Corner of the Western Palearctic.Alula 13(4): 166-174 (169, photo 8).Fraser, M. 2005. ListCheck (Specific identity. Sykes's and Booted warbler). Birdwatch 158: 59.Grace, K. & Lancaster, A.A.K. 1990. Booted Warbler on Dursey Island, Co. Cork. Irish Birding News1(2): 61.Harrap, S. 1988. Identification of Olivaceous and Booted Warblers. Birding World 1(9): 312-315.Harrap, S. 1989. Letters (Identification of Booted Warbler). Birding World 2(8): 294.Harvey, P. & Bradshaw, C. 1999. From the Rarities Committee's files: Booted Warblers with longsupercilia: the 1976 Fair Isle bird. British Birds 92(9): 477-479.Hirschfeld, E. 1994. On the status of Booted Warbler Hippolais caligata in the United Arab Emirates.Emirates Bird Report 18: 100-104.Jennings, M.C. 2007. Sykes and Clamorous Reed Warblers at Khor Kalba. Phoenix 23: 4.Kerby, M. 2010. The Sykes's Warbler in Northumberland. Birding World 23(8): 339-343.Kerby, M. et al 2010. Reports (Sykes for sore eyes. Sykes's Warblers: Druridge Bay Country Park,Northumberland, 15-16 August 2010 and Burrafirth, Unst, 16-17 August 2010). Birdwatch 220: 52-53.Lees, J. 2002. Reports (North Ron back in thick of the action). Birdwatch 125: 50-51.Lees, J. et al 2002. The Sykes's Warbler on Orkney. Birding World 15(9): 375-377.6

Lindholm, A. & Aalto, T. 2005. The calls of Sykes's and Booted Warblers. Birding World 18(9): 395-396.Lister, S. 1993. Letters (Booted or Sykes Warbler). Birding World 6(12): 492-493.McGeehan, A. 1990. Olivaceous Warbler on Cape Clear, Co. Cork. Irish Birding News 1(2): 62-67.McGeehan, A. 2002. Total birding (Crunch time). Dutch Birding 24(5): 304-306.Osborn, K. 1993. The Shetland Hippolais warbler. Birding World 6(11): 437-438.Page, D. 2001. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers). British Birds 94(1): 44.Pearson, D.J. et al 2004. The identity of some Hippolais specimens from Eritrea and the United ArabEmirates examined by mtDNA analysis: a record of Sykes's Warbler H. rama in Africa. Ibis 146:683-684.Riddington, R. 2008. Reports (Storm from the east. Siberian Thrush, Brown Flycatcher and Sykes'sWarbler: Fair Isle and Sumburgh, Shetland, September 2008). Birdwatch 197: 54-55.Riddington, R. 2009. From the Rarities Committee's files: The history of Sykes's Warbler in Britain.British Birds 102(11): 622-626.Singh, A.P. 2000. Birds of lower Garhwal Himalayas: Dehra Dun valley and neighbouring hills.Forktail 16: 101-123 (104).Small, B. 2002. Letters (Bill shapes of Booted & Sykes's Warblers). Birding World 15(4): 170.Svensson, L. & Millington, R. 2002. Field identification of Sykes's Warbler. Birding World 15(9): 381-382.Svensson, L. 1997. Notes (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd). British Birds 90(4): 152-158.Svensson, L. 1999. Letters (The Kazakh 'mystery warblers' once again). British Birds 92(9): 481-482.Svensson, L. 2001. Identification of Western and Eastern Olivaceous, Booted and Sykes's Warblers.Birding World 14(5): 192-219.Svensson, L. 2003. Hippolais update: Identification of Booted Warbler and Sykes's Warbler. BirdingWorld 16(11): 470-474.Thomason, B. et al 2003. The Sykes's Warbler in Shetland. Birding World 16(11): 466-469.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2004. Masters of Mystery Solution (Booted Warbler).Dutch Birding 26(5): 328-330.Vinicombe, K. 1995. Identification (The ones to watch). Birdwatch 42: 24-30 (30).Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern Hippolais). Birding World 13(7): 282.Eastern Olivaceous WarblerIduna pallida [Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833, the River Nile, in Egypt and Nubia].[I.p. pallida] W & N Egypt S to N Sudan along the River Nile. Winters C & S Sudan, Eritrea & NEthiopia.[I.p. elaeica] Hungary & Romania E to S Ukraine and Slovenia & Croatia S to Greece and Bulgaria,Turkey, Cyprus and W Syria S to N Israel & W Jordan and N & S Caucasus S to Iraq, W & N Iran, EArabian peninsula and SW & S Kazakhstan S to Uzbekistan, S Turkmenistan & N Afghanistan.Winters C & E Sahel region.[I.p. reiseri] SE Morocco, desert habitats of interior Algeria, S Tunisia & Fezzan (SW Libya). Wintersnot precisely established. Northern breeding populations possibly to Senegal, Gambia, Niger & NNigeria and southern breeding populations probably resident.[I.p. laeneni] Lake Chad region, SE Niger, NE Nigeria & W Sudan.[I.p. alulensis] Mangrove coasts of the Red Sea, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia & Bab El Mandab(Yemen).Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 as Hippolais pallida.Other names: Saharan Olivaceous Warbler (reiseri), Chad Olivaceous Warbler (laeneni), MangroveOlivaceous Warbler (alulensis).Aidley, D.J. & Wilkinson, R. 1987. Moult of some Palearctic warblers in northern Nigeria. Bird Study34(3): 219-225 (221).Antonov, A. 2004. Smaller Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida elaeica nests suffer lesspredation than larger ones. Acta Ornitologica 39: 87-92.Antonov, A. et al 2007. Aspects of breeding ecology of the eastern olivaceous warbler (Hippolaispallida). Journal of Ornithology 148(4): 443-451.Ash, J.S. & Pearson, D.J. 2002. Hippolais warblers apparently breeding on the north Somalia coast.Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 122: 222-228.Ash, J.S. et al 2005. A new race of Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida in Somalia. Ibis 147: 841-843.7

Baha el Din, S. et al 2010. Mangrove Olivaceous Warblers in Egypt - new to the Western Palearctic.Birding World 23(5): 215-217.Baha el Din, S. 2011. The Somali race of the Olivaceous Warbler identified in mangroves at Bab alMandab. Phoenix 27: 10.Bankovics, A. 1974. Spreading and habitats of Hippolais pallida elaeica (Lindl.) along the Tisza.Tiscia 9: 105-113.Bankovics, A. 1975. Data on the comparative ecology of the scrub warbler (Hippolais pallida elaeica(Lindl.)) and its spreading along the Tisza in the years 1973 to 1974. Tiscia 10: 81-83.Baxter, P.A.A. 2001. Racial identification of the Olivaceous Warbler at Collieston. Birding Scotland 4:13-14.Bradshaw, C. & Steele, J. 1995. Mystery Photographs (probable rama Booted Warbler). British Birds88(11): 561-564.Bradshaw, C. 2000. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers). British Birds 93(6):277.Bräunlich, A. & Steiof, K. 2001. Neuer Nachweis eines Blassspötters Hippolais [pallida] elaeica inDeutschland [Recent record of Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais [pallida] elaeica inGermany]. Limicola 15(3): 147-155.British Ornithologists’ Union 2000. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 26th Report(October 1999). Ibis 142: 177-179.Buttle, C. 1995. The Olivaceous Warbler in Suffolk. Birding World 8(8): 293-294.Cade, M. 1999. The Olivaceous Warbler in Dorset. Birding World 12(7): 284-285.Cade, M. 2003. Regional reports (It's the Bill again). Birdwatch 136: 57.Conder, P.J. Olivaceous Warbler on Skokholm. pp. 26-27. Found in: Sharrock, J.T.R. & Grant, P.J.1982. Birds new to Britain and Ireland. T. & A.D. Poyser.Corso, A. 2000. Letters (Tail movements of Hippolais warblers). Birding World 13(12): 508.Crespo, J. et al 1988. Notes (Tongue spots of nestling Olivaceous Warblers). British Birds 81(9): 470.Crockett, P. 2001. The eastern race Olivaceous Warbler at Collieston, Aberdeenshire: 13th-21stSeptember 2000. North-East Scotland Bird Report 2000 pp. 119-121.Crockett, P.S. 2001. Olivaceous Warbler at Collieston, North-East Scotland, September 2000.Birding Scotland 4(1): 11-12.Dally, A. 2003. Letters (Saharan Olivaceous Warbler in Morocco). Birding World 16(11): 475.de Knijff, P. & van Swelm, N.D. 1998. Letter (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd: an attempt to solvepart of the problem). British Birds 91(5): 190-192.Dernjatin, P. & Westerbjerg Andersen, M. 2006. Central Asian Hippolais warblers. Alula 12(4): 146-153.Dernjatin, P. 2005. Chokpak - Central Asian songbirds. Alula 11(2): 50-58.Ellis, P.M. 2003. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler at Sandwick and Hoswick: first for SBC area, secondShetland record. Shetland Bird Report 2002 p. 106.Fisher, D. 1990. Olivaceous Warblers in Bharatpur. Oriental Bird Club Bulletin 11: 35-36.Forrester, R.W. 1998. Amendments to the Scottish List. Scottish Birds 19(5): 259-261 (260).Fraser, M. 2005. ListCheck (Splits: Olivaceous Warbler). Birdwatch 157: 50.Fraser, M. 2006. ListCheck (New subspecies: Olivaceous Warbler). Birdwatch 165: 55.Gallé, L. 1995. River valleys: are they ecological corridors? Tiscia 29: 53-58.Gordon, G. 2006. Reports (Hippo's a dream find. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler: Co. Cork, 24-29September 2006). Birdwatch 173: 58.Hafstad, I. at al 2004. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida new to Norway. Ornis Norvegica27: 106-117.Harrap, S. 1988. Identification of Olivaceous and Booted Warblers. Birding World 1(9): 312-315.Harvey, P. & Bradshaw, C. 1999. From the Rarities Committee's files (Booted Warblers with longsupercilia: the 1976 Fair Isle bird). British Birds 92(9): 477-479.Harvey, W.G. 1985. Two additions to the avifauna of China, Anas angustirostris and Hippolais pallida.Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 106: 15.Jiguet, F. 2003. Letters (Saharan Olivaceous Warbler). Birding World 16(9): 392.Jiguet, F. 2005. Letters (More on Saharan Olivaceous Warbler). Birding World 18(6): 262.Khoury, F. et al 2006. Observations on the avifauna of the eastern Jordan Valley, during July–August2005. Sandgrouse 28(2): 119-126.King, J.M.B. & Hutchinson, J.M.C. 2001. Site fidelity and recurrence of some migrant bird species inthe Gambia. Ringing & Migration 20: 292-302.Martins, R.P. et al 1996. The status of passerines in southern Yemen and records of the OSMEsurvey in spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 54-72 (63).8

Meakin, K. et al 2005. Monitoring birds, reptiles and butterflies in the St Katherine Protectorate,Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Biology 7: 66-95 (76 & 82).Ottosson, U. et al 2005. Differentiation and phylogeny of the olivaceous warbler Hippolais pallidaspecies complex. Journal of Ornithology 146(2): 127-136.Page, D. 2001. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers). British Birds 94(1): 44.Pearson, D.J. et al 2004. Short Communication (The identity of some Hippolais specimens fromEritrea and the United Arab Emirates examined by mtDNA analysis: a record of Sykes's WarblerH. rama in Africa). Ibis 146: 683-684.Riddington, R. 1995. The Olivaceous Warbler on Fair Isle. Birding World 8(6): 218-220.Roth, T. 2008. Outward (autumn) bird migration at the Southeastern Peninsula and Cape Greco,Cyprus: the phenologies of regular migrants. Sandgrouse 30(1): 77-89 (84).Salewski, V. & Herremans, M. 2006. Phenology of Western Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opacaand Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida reiseri on stopover sites in Mauritania. Ringing &Migration 23: 15-20.Salewski, V. et al 2005. Wing moult of Eastern Olivaceous Warblers Hippolais pallida reiseri atstopover sites at the southern fringe of the Sahara. Ringing & Migration 22: 185-189.Salewski, V. et al 2006. Nectarivory of Palearctic migrants at a stopover site in the Sahara. BritishBirds 99(6): 299-305.Simmons, K.E.L. 1952. Some observations on the Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida in Egypt.Ibis 94(2): 203-209.Small, B. 2006. More Moroccan birds. Birding World 19(6): 254-262 (plates 8 & 9, 258).Svensson, L. 1997. Notes (Mystery warblers in Tselinograd). British Birds 90(4): 152-158.Svensson, L. 1999. Letters (The Kazakh 'mystery warblers' once again). British Birds 92(9): 481-482.Svensson, L. 2001. Identification of Western and Eastern Olivaceous, Booted and Sykes's Warblers.Birding World 14(5): 192-219.Thomas, C. 2010. Reports (A gracious olivaceous. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler: Flamborough, EastYorkshire, 1-3 September 2010). Birdwatch 220: 52-53.Thomas, C. 2010. The Eastern Olivaceous Warbler in East Yorkshire. Birding World 23(9): 396-398.Topp, A. 1996. Photonews. Alula 2(3): 141.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2002. Masters of Mystery Solution (Eastern OlivaceousWarbler). Dutch Birding 24(4): 223-228.van Bemmelen, R.S.A. & Groenendijk, D. 2004. Masters of Mystery Solution (Booted Warbler).Dutch Birding 26(5): 328-330.van den Berg, A. 2005. Olivaceous warblers in the western Mediterranean and their identification.Dutch Birding 27(5): 302-307.van den Berg, A.B. 1989. Mystery photographs (Olivaceous Warblers). Dutch Birding 11(3): 116-117.Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern Hippolais). Birding World 13(7): 282.White, M.L.J. et al 2007. Bird surveys and distance sampling in St Katherine Protectorate, SouthSinai, Egypt in 2007. Egyptian Journal of Biology 9: 60-68.Wilson, J.M. & Cresswell, W. 2010. Densities of Palearctic warblers and Afrotropical species withinthe same guild in Sahelian West Africa. Ostrich 81(3): 225-232.Western Olivaceous WarblerIduna opaca [Cabanis 1851, Senegal].Iberia & NW Africa. Winters S Mauritania & Senegal E to S Niger & W Chad and S to Ghana, NNigeria & N Cameroon (tropical W Africa).Other name: Isabelline Warbler.Treated by del Hoyo et al 2006 as Hippolais opaca.Aidley, D.J. & Wilkinson, R. 1987. Moult of some Palearctic warblers in northern Nigeria. Bird Study34(3): 219-225 (221).British Ornithologists’ Union 2004. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 30th Report(October 2003). Ibis 146: 192-195.British Ornithologists’ Union 2005. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 31st Report(October 2004). Ibis 147: 246-250.Corso, A. 2000. Letters (Tail movements of Hippolais warblers). Birding World 13(12): 508.Fraser, M. 2005. ListCheck (Splits: Olivaceous Warbler). Birdwatch 157: 50.Harrap, S. 1988. Identification of Olivaceous and Booted Warblers. Birding World 1(9): 312-315.King, J.M.B. & Hutchinson, J.M.C. 2001. Site fidelity and recurrence of some migrant bird species inthe Gambia. Ringing & Migration 20: 292-302.9

Ottosson, U. et al 2005. Differentiation and phylogeny of the olivaceous warbler Hippolais pallidaspecies complex. Journal of Ornithology 146(2): 127-136.Page, D. 2001. Letters (Separating Acrocephalus and Hippolais warblers). British Birds 94(1): 44.Salewski, V. & Herremans, M. 2006. Phenology of Western Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais opacaand Eastern Olivaceous Warbler Hippolais pallida reiseri on stopover sites in Mauritania. Ringing &Migration 23: 15-20.Salewski, V. et al 2006. Nectarivory of Palearctic migrants at a stopover site in the Sahara. BritishBirds 99(6): 299-305.Salewski, V. et al 2009. Olivaceous warblers in southeast Morocco. British Birds 102(3): 116-121.Stoate, C. 1998. Short Report (Abundance of Olivaceous Warblers Hippolais pallida and potentialinvertebrate prey in unmanaged Acacia woodland). Bird Study 45: 251-253.Svensson, L. 2001. Identification of Western and Eastern Olivaceous, Booted and Sykes's Warblers.Birding World 14(5): 192-219.Ullman, M. 1989. Identification of Upcher's & Olivaceous Warblers. Birding World 2(5): 167-170.Wilson, J.M. & Cresswell, W. 2010. Densities of Palearctic warblers and Afrotropical species withinthe same guild in Sahelian West Africa. Ostrich 81(3): 225-232.Upcher’s WarblerHippolais languida [Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833, Syria].S Turkey & Near East E thru the Caucasus, Transcaspia, Turkestan, N Iraq, Iran & N Afghanistan toNW Pakistan. Winters S Ethiopia & N Kenya.Sir Henry Morris Upcher JP (1839-1921), Deputy-Lieutenant for the county of Norfolk and close friendof the Reverend Henry Baker Tristram. The original description of this warbler by Hemprich andEhrenberg was considered to be less than satisfactory. Tristram re-described it in 1864 and named itafter his friend.Baha el Din, S. & Baha el Din, S. 1995. Status of Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida in Egypt.Bulletin of the Ornithological Society of the Middle East 35: 22-24.Baumgart, W. & Kasparek, M. 1992. Notes on some summer birds of Syria. Zoology in the MiddleEast 6: 13-19 (16-17).Corso, A. 2004. The first Upcher’s Warbler Hippolais languida in Cyprus. Sandgrouse 26(1): 67.Dove, T. 2008. Birding in Iraq - A Photo Essay. Birding 40(6): 40-50.Fry, C.H. 1990. Foraging behaviour and identification of Upcher's Warbler. British Birds 83(6): 217-221.Kok, D. & van Duivendijk, N. 1999. Masters of Mystery Solution (Upcher's Warbler). Dutch Birding21(3): 167-170.Kylänpää, J. 2000. Birds of Dera Ismail Khan District of North West Frontier Province in Pakistan.Forktail 16: 15-28 (25).Martins, R.P. et al 1996. The status of passerines in southern Yemen and records of the OSMEsurvey in spring 1993. Sandgrouse 17: 54-72 (63).Shirihai, H. 1987. Identification of Upcher's Warbler. British Birds 80(10): 473-482.Ullman, M. 1989. Identification of Upcher's & Olivaceous Warblers. Birding World 2(5): 167-170.Wallace, D.I.M. 2000. Letters (Tail movements by eastern Hippolais). Birding World 13(7): 282.Wassink, A. 2009. Birds of Kazakhstan: new and interesting data, part 2. Dutch Birding 31(2): 101-110 (108).Olive-tree WarblerHippolais olivetorum [Strickland 1837, Zakinthos, Ionian Islands, Greece].The Balkans, S Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Crete, Cyprus, Near East & N Iran. Winters SZambia, Zimbabwe, C & S Mozambique, Botswana & NE South Africa.British Ornithologists’ Union 2008. British Ornithologists’ Union Records Committee: 36th Report(November 2007). Ibis 150: 218-220.Castell, P. 1996. Description of the nestlings of Olive-tree Warbler Hippolais olivetorum. Sandgrouse18(2): 68.Gilroy, J. 2002. Vagrancy (The stuff of dreams). Birdwatch 126: 27-29 (29).Harrop, H.R. et al 2008. Olive-tree Warbler in Shetland: new to Britain. British Birds 101(2): 82-88.Harvey, P. et al 2006. The Olive-tree Warbler on Shetland - a new British bird. Birding World 19(9):378-387.10

Hay, S. 2006. Reports (Olive-tree riddle unravelled. Olive-tree Warbler: Boddam, Shetland, 16 August2006). Birdwatch 172: 59.Kok, D. & van Duivendijk, N. 1999. Masters of Mystery Solution (Upcher's Warbler). Dutch Birding21(3): 167-170.Meakin, K. et al 2005. Monitoring birds, reptiles and butterflies in the St Katherine Protectorate,Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Biology 7: 66-95 (76 & 82).White, M.L.J. et al 2007. Bird surveys and distance sampling in St Katherine Protectorate, SouthSinai, Egypt in 2007. Egyptian Journal of Biology 9: 60-68.Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta [Vieillot 1817, France].S, W & E France and Iberia E to S Belgium, SW Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia & W Croatiaand NW Africa. Winters Gambia, S Senegal, S Mali, S Burkina Faso & Nigeria S to N Cameroon.Aidley, D.J. & Wilkinson, R. 1987. Moult of some Palearctic warblers in northern Nigeria. Bird Study34(3): 219-225 (221).Arnarson, B. 1989. Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta new in Iceland. Bliki 8: 50.Colenutt, S. & Vinicombe, K. 1993. Mystery photographs (Melodious Warbler). British Birds 86(3):139-142.Bermejo, A. et al 2002. Fenología, biometría y parámetros demográficos del Zarcero Común(Hippolais polyglotta) en España central [Phenology, biometrics and demographic parameters ofthe Melodious Warbler (Hippolais polyglotta) in central Spain]. Ardeola 49(1): 75-86.Blankert, J.J. 1981. Voorkomen van Orpheusspotvogelin Benelux [Occurrence of Melodious Warblerin Benelux]. Dutch Birding 3(1): 25-26.Bos, E. & van der Burg, E. 1983. Orpheusspotvogel op De Maasvlakte in mei 1982 [MelodiousWarbler on De Maasvlakte in May 1982]. Dutch Birding 5(1): 20-21.Cantelo, J. 1988. Letters (Icterine & Melodious Warbler Identification). Birding World 1(11): 403.Cottridge, D. 1992. Waves of Spring Migrants. Birds Illustrated 1(2): 5-12.Dean, A.R. 1984. Notes (Icterine and Melodious Warblers in southwest Britain). British Birds 77(3):116-117.Eds. 2007. Frontispage (Singing male Melodious Warbler, Chatel-de-Neuvre, Auvergne, France, May2006 - picture by Aurélien Audevard). Birding World 20(5): 177.Faivre, B. et al 2002. Local survival and breeding ecology in an expanding population of MelodiousWarbler Hippolais polyglotta. Ardea 90(2): 293-301.Gargallo, G. 1995. Further evidence for additional pre-nuptial moult in Melodious Warblers Hippolaispolyglotta. Die Vogelwarte 38: 96-99.Grant, P.J. & Medhurst, H.P. 1982. Notes (The Wandlebury warbler). British Birds 75(4): 183-185.Harrap, S. 1988. Identification of Icterine and Melodious Warblers. Birding World 1(8): 273-277.Hoffmann, M. 2008. Beobachtungen am Orpheusspötter Hippolais polyglotta im saarländischenBrutgebiet [Observations on the breeding population of Melodious Warbler Hippolais polyglotta inSaarland, Germany]. Limicola 22(3): 188-210.King, J.M.B. & Hutchinson, J.M.C. 2001. Site fidelity and recurrence of some migrant bird species inthe Gambia. Ringing & Migration 20: 292-302.Meeus, H. & Vermeyen, R. 1982. Song of Melodious Warbler. Dutch Birding 4(2): 59-60.Normaja, J. 2000. Finland Next - Melodious Warbler. Alula 6(2): 62-65.Orr, B. & Scott, C. 1998. Melodious Warbler, Isle of May, Fife, 21st May 1998. Birding Scotland 1:127-129.Osieck, E.R. 1981. Waarnemingen van Orpheusspotvogel in 1960 en 1968 ten Onrechte Aanvaard[Observations of Melodious Warbler in 1960 & '68 wrongly accepted]. Dutch Birding 3(1): 23-25.Pilastro, A. et al 1998. Spring migratory routes of eight trans-Saharan passerines through the centraland western Mediterranean; results from a network of insular and coastal ringing sites. Ibis 140(4):591-598.Pinilla, J. 2001. How does the extent of a partial moult vary? Some data for Melodious WarblersHippolais polyglotta in central Iberia. Ardeola 48(1): 81-84.Pollo, R. & Bombieri, R. 2000. Survival, phenology and philopatry of the Melodious WarblerHippolais polyglotta in North-Eastern Italy. Avocetta 24: 45-50.Salewski, V. et al 2003. Numbers, body mass and fat scores of three palearctic migrants at aconstant effort mist netting site in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Ardea 90(3): 479-487.Salewski, V. et al 2004. Moult of three Palaearctic migrants in their West African winter quarters.Journal of Ornithology 145(2): 109-116.11

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